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Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in Fast-Growing Countries: The Benefits of Early Action

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

. This is especially relevant for China, whose recent and foreseeable trends of investments in innovation are consistent with …

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The Optimal Energy Mix in Power Generation and the Contribution from Natural Gas in Reducing Carbon Emissions to 2030 and Beyond

Carraro, Carlo; Longden, Thomas; Marangoni, Giacomo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper analyses a set of new scenarios for energy markets in Europe to evaluate the consistency of economic incentives and climate objectives. It focuses in particular on the role of natural gas across a range of climate policy scenarios (including the Copenhagen Pledges and the EU Roadmap)...

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Energy and Climate Change in China

Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China generated by the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH … levels. The elasticity of China’s emissions is estimated by pooling observations from all scenarios and compared with the … elasticity of emissions in OECD countries. China has a higher elasticity than the OECD for a carbon tax lower than 50$ per ton of …

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Adaptation Can Help Mitigation: An Integrated Approach to Post-2012 Climate Policy

Bosello, Francesco; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The latest round of international negotiations in Copenhagen led to a set of commitments on emission reduction which are unlikely to stabilise global warming below or around 2°C. As a consequence, in the absence of additional ambitious policy measures, adaptation will be needed to address...

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What is the Top Priority on Climate Change?

Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

What should be the West's top priority for climate-change policy? This article is a revised and updated version of my talk to the Potsdam Global Sustainability Symposium (which drafted the Potsdam Declaration presented to the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference in Bali).

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Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data

Braun, Frauke G; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper studies technological change in renewable energies, providing empirical evidence on the determinants of innovative activity with a special emphasis on the role of knowledge spillovers. We investigate two major renewable energy technologies wind and solar across a panel of 21 OECD...

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The Race for Polluting Permits

Brechet, Thierry; Peralta, Susana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

International markets for tradable emission permits (TEP) co-exist with national energy taxation. A firm trading emission permits in the international market also pays energy taxes in its host country, thus creating an interaction between the international TEP-market and national energy taxes....

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Designing Carbon Taxation Schemes for Automobiles: A Simulation Exercise for Germany

Adamou, Adamos; Clerides, Sofronis; Zachariadis, Theodoros - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Vehicle taxation based on CO2 emissions is increasingly being adopted worldwide in order to shift consumer purchases to low-carbon cars, yet little is known about the effectiveness and overall economic impact of these schemes. We focus on feebate schemes, which impose a fee on high-carbon...

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Super-Additionality: A Neglected Force in Markets for Carbon Offsets

Bento, Antonio; Kanbur, Ravi; Leard, Benjamin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Climate change mitigation programs classify two types of carbon offsets: Additional and non-additional. Additional offsets are offsets that correspond to actual reductions in emissions. In contrast, non-additional offsets are offsets that do not correspond to emissions reductions. These offsets...

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Environmental Policy and Directed Technical Change in a Global Economy: The Dynamic Impact of Unilateral Environmental Policies

Hemous, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper builds a two-country (North, South), two-sector (polluting, nonpolluting) trade model with directed technical change, examining whether unilateral environmental policies can ensure sustainable growth. The polluting good is produced with a clean and a dirty input. I show that a...

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